1. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and other labeled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Assertion (A) Democratic values command widespread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time, citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.

Reason (R) The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (R)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(DEC 2013)

Answer: 2